WWII, August 1944, Shoes Dropped by Allies Behind the Front Line to Fighting

August 1944, printed later

Constance Stuart Larrabee

Associated Names
Constance Stuart Larrabee

Artist, American, born England, 1914 - 2000

The image shows a seated person with only their legs and part of their torso visible. The individual is sitting on a log with legs bent, one hand gripping the barrel of a rifle that is resting on the ground. The person is wearing a dark sweater with a collared shirt underneath, the sleeves rolled up to reveal a cloth armband. They are dressed in shorts, and their feet are bandaged and clad in worn, open-heeled sandals, with a pair of leather shoes placed on the ground nearby. Additionally, the person has a belt around their waist that holds two pouches. The surrounding area features a stack of firewood and the outer wall of a rustic building, with a concrete surface underfoot.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Constance Stuart Larrabee, Chestertown, MD; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by artist, bottom left in graphite: 16

Wikidata ID

Q64145924

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